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Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian ruler of Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya, on May 21 said that the region's prime minister, Muslim Khuchiyev, had resigned to take to another unspecified job. Kadyrov named Highways Minister Isa Tumkhadzhiyev as acting prime minister.

The small Western Balkan nation of Moldova has signed a security and defense partnership with the European Union, the first country to ink such a pact, according to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

EU and U.S. officials have expressed mounting concern at uncoordinated actions by Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti's government that threaten to further raise tensions with ethnic minority Serbs in the north of that Balkan country.

Russias Investigative Committee says it has evidence that the Tajik gunmen accused of killing at least 143 people at a concert hall near Moscow last week were linked to Ukrainian nationalists.... -March 28, 2024 at 12:00 pm EDT - MarketScreener

Russia's Investigative Committee says it has evidence that the Tajik gunmen accused of killing at least 143 people at a concert hall near Moscow last week were linked to Ukrainian nationalists. Ukraine denies involvement, and the U.S. says Islamic State - which claimed the attack - bears sole responsibility. Here is what we know about the suspects held by Russia and what has happened to them since they were detained.

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft with three passengers has successfully docked at the International Space Station.

A Moscow court again extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been held in Russian custody on espionage charges for nearly a year. 

The U.S. Treasury Department on March 25 said it had imposed sanctions on Russian financial services and technology players for developing or offering services in virtual assets aimed at evading Ukraine war-related sanctions on Russia.

Melting snow has caused floods in Kazakhstan's northwestern region of Aqtobe, local residents told RFE/RL on March 26.

Tajik authorities detained relatives of four Tajik men accused of storming a Moscow-region concert hall and gunning down scores of people. The relatives have been questioned as part of a widening Russian investigation.